Discrimination and human rights in the United States
By Sydney Sanders This country spotlight refers to data published in 2023. For the most recent data, go to the Rights Tracker. Racial injustice and discrimination…
The state of human rights in South Asia
What gets measured, gets improved. Since 2017, the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) has been measuring human rights progress in countries around the world, including…
LGBTQIA+ rights in the United States: failing to protect all people
Written by Bridgett Cox In news that will shock some, and be wholly unsurprising to others, new data demonstrate that the United States is not…
India can make huge improvements in economic and social rights
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) is the first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries. This case study focuses on our…
Covid-19 and human rights in Angola
The people of Angola have suffered more than many in the Covid-19 pandemic, both because of the illness, and because of how the government has…
United Kingdom: human rights during the pandemic
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI, pronounced ‘her-mee’) is the first global project to track the human rights performance of countries. Its 2021 Human Rights…
Quality of life in Canada: some room for improvement
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI, pronounced ‘her-mee’) is the first global project to track the human rights performance of countries. Its 2021 Human Rights…
Improving enjoyment of the right to housing in Chile
Este artículo también se puede leer en español. Cambia el idioma usando el menú desplegable de arriba. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) is the…
Human rights plummet under Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Amid the pandemic Bolsonaro intimidates critics with dictatorship-era law Este artigo também pode ser lido em português. Altere o idioma usando o menu suspenso acima….
Reforms needed to reduce relative poverty in South Korea
이 글은 한국어로도 읽을 수 있습니다. 언어를 변경하려면 위의 드롭다운 메뉴를 사용하세요. By HRMI researcher Paddy Baylis The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) is the…
Vietnam’s Journalists and union members suffer human rights violations
The 2020 Country Report on Vietnam provides a mixed picture of how the government treats people. Of the 13 rights HRMI measures, none of Vietnam’s…
Human rights abuses of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia
This country spotlight refers to data published in 2018. For the most recent data, go to our Rights Tracker. A 12-year-old girl in Nauru who…